Roman Eremenko

Infobox Football biography
playername = Roman Eremenko


fullname = Roman Eremenko
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|3|19
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
height = Height|m=1.80
currentclub = FC Dynamo Kyiv
clubnumber = 11
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 2003-2004
youthclubs = Jaro
years = 2004-2005 2005-present 2007 2008
clubs = Jaro Udinese →Siena (loan) →FC Dynamo Kyiv (loan)
caps(goals) =19 (3) 13 (0) 11 (0) 3 (1)
nationalyears = 2006-present 2007-present
nationalteam = Finland U-21 Finland
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = August 22 2008

Roman Eremenko ( _ru. Рома́н Ерёменко) (born 19 March 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Finnish footballer who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kiev. He plays in the position of central midfielder.

Club career

Eremenko moved to Finland with his family at the age of three when his father, former FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Spartak Moscow player Alexei Eremenko Sr., came to play in Finland with FF Jaro. He was granted Finnish citizenship in 2003, but still holds Russian passport as well. He is the younger brother of Alexei Eremenko Jr.

He made his Veikkausliiga debut for Jaro in 2004 at the age of 17. In the early 2005 season he was already one of the team's key players.

In the summer of 2005 Eremenko signed a five-year deal with Udinese. He made his Serie A debut on the first day of the 2006-07 season against Messina. He was loaned to A.C. Siena on 31 January 2007, where he played 11 games. During the summer of 2007 he returned to Udinese.

In October 2007, Eremenko, Andrea Dossena, Cristian Zapata, and Simone Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012.In August 2008, he was loaned to FC Dynamo Kiev.

External links

*it icon [http://www.udinese.it/home_udinese.php?n=8&player=88&l=it Profile at Udinese Calcio's official website]